Ian McEwan

Atonement

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From its breath-taking opening section, telling the events of a fateful summerâ s day in 1935, McEwan unravels a tale of love and war that breaks the heart, even as the master novelistâ s provocative twists of form dazzle the senses.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 131mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 282g
• ISBN-13: 9780099497042
• ISBN-10: 0099497042
• Artikelnr.: 22139622

Autorenporträt

Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen books. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; and Nutshell, which was a Number One bestseller. Atonement and Enduring Love have both been turned into award-winning films, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach are in production and set for release this year, and filming is currently underway for a BBC TV adaptation of The Child in Time.

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Rezensionen

"Subtle as well as powerful, adeptly encompassing comedy as well as atrocity. Atonement is a richly intricate book ... A superb achievement" (Sunday Times)

"He is this country`s unrivalled literary giant ... a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel" (Independent on Sunday)

"The best thing he has ever written" (Observer)

"McEwan`s best novel so far, his masterpiece" (Evening Standard)

He is this country's unrivalled literary giant...a fascinatingly strange, unique and gripping novel Independent on Sunday